WEBVTT LETICIA ORDAZ JOINS US WITH MOREON WHAT HAPPENED.LETICIA: GOOD MORNING.I CAN TELL YOU THIS VIOLENTCONFRONTATION LED TO A VERY LONGINVESTIGATION HERE AT RANCHOCORDOVA.IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 12HOURS.YOU CAN SEE INVESTIGATORS OUTHERE ON SCENE AND CRIME TAPE,THEY ARE SCOURING THE AREA ANDSOME BUSINESSES ARE SHUT DOWN ATA RANCHO CORDOVA SHOPPING CENTERAFTER A SUSPECT IS SHOT DEADAFTER THE VIOLENT CONFRONTATION.OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THESCENE AT 6:45 LAST NIGHT TO THEROSS PARKING LOT AFTER APASSERBY SAYS HE WITNESSED A MANCHOKING A WOMAN.THE MAN GOT INTO A FIGHT WITHTHE RESPONDING OFFICER, THROWINGA RIVER ROCK AT HIS HEAD.THE OFFICER FOLLOWED -- FIREDHIS GUN, BUT MISSED.TWO DEPUTIES WHO RESPONDED TOTHE SCENE FIRED THEIR WEAPONS INTHE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO THEHOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED.WESTBOUND 50 WAS SHUTDOWN FOR 10HOURS AND WITNESSES SAY THEWHOLE ORDEAL WAS QUITE SCARY.>> THE MAN GRABBED A ROCK --SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BIG, ANDTHREW IT AT THE OFFICER AND ITHINK HE HIT HIM WITH IT ANYOFFICER STILL TRIED TO GRAB HIMAND THEN THE MAN RAN.>> UNFORTUNATELY, WE COME ACROSSRESISTIVE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.TONIGHT, ASSAULTING OUR OFFICERSAS WELL IS A K-9, OBVIOUS NOTVERY RATIONAL ESPECIALLY SINCETHE BEGINNING WHEN HE WASASSAULTING A FEMALE AND CHOKINGHER.LETICIA: THE INVESTIGATION ISONGOING.IT IS MOSTLY FOCUSED AT THECENTER OF WHERE SOME OF THEINCIDENTS HAPPEN HERE AT THE REDROOF INN.SOME OF THE SHOPPING CENTERSHAVE REOPENED, BUT IT IS UNCLEARWHEN EVERYTHING WILL BE BACKOPEN.AS FAR AS THE OFFICER AND THECANINE HURT IN THIS CASE, WE ARETOLD THEY WILL BE OK.THE SUSPECT THAT WAS SHOT DEAD

A man who was shot and killed by deputies near Highway 50 in Rancho Cordova was identified Tuesday morning as a 32-year-old Sacramento man, according to the Sacramento County coroner.

Mikel Laney Mcintyre was shot Monday night after hitting a Rancho Cordova police officer and a Sacramento County sheriff's K9 with large rocks in two nearby locations, which prompted all of westbound Highway 50 to be shut down between Sunrise Boulevard and Zinfandel Drive for more than 10 hours, the sheriff's department said.

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Someone called 911 at 6:45 p.m. when they saw Mcintyre attack a woman, later identified as Mcintyre's mother, near Zinfandel and Olson drives. He tried to pull her out of her car and appeared to be choking her in the Ross store parking lot, Sacramento County sheriff spokesman Tony Turnbull said.

When a deputy arrived at the scene, he tried to detain Mcintyre.

Mcintyre then started fighting the officer, and the fight moved across the street, near the Red Roof Inn, which is where the dofficer and Mcintyre fell into a pile of river rocks, Turnbull said.

During the fight, Mcintyre picked up a large river rock and hit the officer over the head, Turnbull said.

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The officer then shot at Mcintyre, who ran from the scene.

Turnbull said the officer remained conscious after the attack, calling for backup and describing Mcintyre. The officer was taken to the hospital to be treated for head injuries. He is expected to be OK.

Mcintyre was then seen along westbound Hwy. 50 under the Zinfandel Drive overpass.

A K9 officer was deployed in an attempt to apprehend Mcintyre. However, Mcintyre hit the K9 over the head with a large rock and began to attack the deputies, Turnbull said.

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Two deputies then fired shots at Mcintyre, hitting him, Turnbull said. Mcintyre was detained and taken to the hospital, where he later died.

The K9 officer was taken to a veterinarian for treatment and is undergoing emergency surgery Tuesday for injuries he suffered to his head and face, the sheriff's department said. If the surgery is unsuccessful, the K9 will be retired from service.

The woman who was initially attacked by Mcintyre was still at the scene and was questioned by investigators.

Turnbull said the shooting happened in a commercial area and that there were many witnesses.

Officials closed eastbound Olson Drive near Zinfandel Drive and westbound Hwy. 50 between Sunrise Boulevard and Mather Field until just after 5 a.m. Tuesday.

The three officers involved in the shooting are 12-year, 11-year and 9-year veterans of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department. One officer is assigned to the Rancho Cordova Police Department, and the other two officers are assigned to sheriff's department patrol. All of the officers will be placed on paid administrative leave pending the investigation, as per department protocol.